Killing Jar chords

Richard Thompson

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 2st fret

  			 
 

Intro: Dm        F-Dm-F 
  
F 
  My father was a judge, A solitary man, 
Dm 
  He beat me to cry, With the back of his hand  
F 
  I played with my sisters, He said I played to rough, 
Dm 
  It seems to me son, I didn't beat you enough  

   G 
No good________ 
                 Dm 
They said i'm no good 
   G 
No good________ 
                      Dm 
They said son your no good 

F                
I went for my schooling, and I faced the wall, 
Dm 
"Tommy Burns" said the Teacher, can you hear me at all  
F 
I sweep out the hallways, and I sweep out the grounds, 
Dm 
And the boss he tells me, that I'm late on my rounds  
   G 
No good________ 
                  Dm 
They say i'm no good 
    G 
No good________ 
                  Dm 
They say i'm no good 


F 
I once had a songbird, with a broken wing, 
Dm 
I cried and cried, oh it never would sing 
F 
I once had a songbird, the apple of my eye, 
Dm 
I put it in the Killing Jar, Just to watch it die  

F 
I once had a sweetheart, caught her running around, 
Dm 
I hit her with a log chain, and I put her in the ground  
F 
I once had a sweetheart, Oh a pretty little thing, 
Dm 
I knelt in her cold grave, and I took back my ring  
    G 
|No good________  Dm 
|They say i'm no good x4 
    G                   Dm 
No good________ I'm no good